Powers Pardoned After Long Goebel Case Fracas
Caleb Powers and James Howard were pardoned by Governor Wilson in Frankfort Kentucky ending a famed murder case tied to William Goebel’s disputed gubernatorial election. The long legal saga included four trials, two death sentences, U.S. Court involvement, and mass petition support across parties and regions.
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Frankfort
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Wilson
United States
William Goebel
Taylor
Goebel
Secretary of State
Powers
United States Court
Supreme Court
First state school opens as 100 pupils enroll
Rawhide’s first school opens with 100 pupils enrolled. Governor Dickerson seeks Reed’s return from Washington for trial in Goldfield over fictitious checks. Reed was arrested in Seattle and will face Goldfield court. University of Nevada history detailed with Elko origins, 1874 founding, and move toward Reno. Plans emerge for a Reno wool scouring plant benefiting city and growers. Deaths strike Governor Sparks’s office as secretary Riley Davis and stenographer Miss Josephine Roberts pass away in Oakland and Austin sees rising activity with better business and mining. Delegate R. W. Parry leaves for Chicago to attend the Republican convention then Europe with Nevada ore samples.
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Dickerson
Washington
M. O. Reed
Goldfield
Reed
Seattle
University of Nevada
Elko
David BR. Sessions
Princeton
University
Reno
Angel of
Sparks
Riley Davis
Josephine Roberts
Oakland
Roberta
Nevada
R. W. Parry
Chicago
New York
England
Wales
Europe
Austin
Brewers Unite for Reform at Milwau kee Session
The United States Brewers Association, in Milwau kee, urged ending objectionable retail liquor features and supporting laws to regulate traffic and curb disorderly saloons. The group emphasized discouraging drunkenness and pledged to back reasonable regulation to counter rising anti saloon legislation nationwide.
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United States Brewers’ Association
Milwaukee
Sacramento Bee
Ptomaine Poisoning and the Germs That Cause It
Sacramento Bee reports rising ptomaine poisoning cases tied to food decay and microbial growth. Notable incidents include Paris banquet illness, Oakland canned asparagus death, and San Francisco ice cream illnesses. Symptoms vary from headache and vomiting to diarrhea with possible fatal outcomes despite treatment.
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Sacramento Bee
Paris
Automobile Club
Oakland
San Francisco
Knights of Pythias elect grand officers at Tonopah session
At the Tonopah session last week Knights of Pythias elected officers including W D Jones Austin as Supreme Representative N E Wilson Reno as Supreme Representative and W C Pitt Lovelock as G C along with other grand officers. Pythian Sisters also named officers headed by Hattie Jones Elko as P G C and Margaret Dann Reno as G C. Supreme Representatives Ida M. Pike Reno and Nellie V. Davis Carson City were chosen to Boston for the Supreme Temple in August. Grand Temple will meet in Carson City in 1909.
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Grand Lodge
Knight of
Pythias
Tonopah
Supreme Representative
W. D. Jones
Austin
N. E. Wilson
Reno
G. C
W. C. Pitt
Lovelock
W. W. Booth
G. P. J. J. Mummay
Goldfield
G. K
A. B. Stoddard
Virginia City
G. M
E. Jonathan Doane
Carson
G. M. Af A
Dr. W. Samuels
Winnemucca
G. LG
W. R. Shaber
Sparks
F. P. Dann
G. T. George Green
Hawthorne
W. Pitt
Pythian Sisters
Hattie Jones
Elko
Margaret Dann
Venia Hill
G. J
la Forga Jones
Gillie Williams
Fallon
Catherine Marsh
Minnie Crisler
Carson City
G. P
Maude Brownfield
G. G
Clara Marker
G. T. Anna Sproule
Supreme
Supreme Temple
Boston
Ida M. Pike
Nellie V. Davis
Black Newspapers Printed on White Ink Debate
Wisconsin printers debate producing black newspapers with white ink to save forests and cut paper costs. Proponents argue black stock can use old papers and fibrous stock, reducing pulp use and possibly halving current prices. Legal notices and sale blanks appear in the Sentinel office.
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Wisconsin
Sentinel Office
Proposals for Bridge Work in Eureka County Nevada
Sealed bids for building a wagon bridge over the Humboldt River at Humbubt, six miles west of Palisade, Eureka County, Nevada, are invited by the Et tyke County Board. Bids due July 6 1908 2 PM. Specifications detail a 120 by 16 foot bridge with nine bents and timber framing. Payments in Eureka Nevada. Clerk R McCharles.
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Board of County Commissionses
Ettyke County
Nevada
Eureka County
Palisade
Ee Ec
Oregon
Othe
Eureka
State of
R McCharles
Comstock Salaries Cut as Sturgis Leads Reforms
San Francisco Recorder reports a Comstock mining meeting led by E. B. Sturgis to trim presidents and officers salaries, cut assistant secretaries, seek bid purchases, and raise miners’ share of profits. Estimated annual salary savings exceed 55000. The move sparked debate but will start immediately.
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San Francisco
Comstock
E. B. Sturgis
Sturgis
Pete
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Knights of Pythias Grand Officers
Eureka Lodce
Scheele Banking & Trust Co
Ine
Pat McCullan
Edw
Ee Toe
C. McMillan
Hichard Ryleed
Acta
Henderson Banking Company
Joan HenpEnson
L. O. Henpenson
Haypzn Henpenson
Carnot, Henperson
Incor
Asawrary Casures
Hleo
Eureka Brewery
Eureka’s
Paul Yost
Main & Clark Streets
Goodwin's Weekly
Mackay
Stanford White
Notre Dame
Florida
Clarence H. Mackay
Iphigenia Chapter
C. E
Masonic Hall
Eureka Lodge No
H. F. Goupixa
W. M Joux Hanover
St. John’s
St. John's
J. B. Vertes
B. P. J.H. Jury
I. C. C. F. Hall
J. Buossemen
N. G
H. Haet
V. G. Wa. Zapow
J. H. Tour
Diamond Rebekah Lodge
C.P
Beatific Lodge No. 7
K. of P
Castle
Smith & Richard
A. Purrenen, D. D
D. E. Nostavaa K
R&s
Johnson Mercantile Co
Biram Johmnson
J. J. Hylton
George W. Hanka
General Merchandise
Mound Valley
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